beaver34
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 09:04 PM |
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Hill Climb car
Hi,
Lookin to get into motorsport by hill climbing, don't want to use my kit for afew reasons, one being I will be dual driving with a friend
What would your thought be for a car to use? Sub 2k to buy was think about a 106 rallye
Any other thoughts
Thanks
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tony.g
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 09:14 PM |
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Clio 172 sport.
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theduck
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 09:28 PM |
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Should get a good S2 rally for that. As above a Renaultsport Clio 172 is within budget also and there are some cracking builds on cliosport.net
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beaver34
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 09:32 PM |
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Was looking for a s1 rallye to run in up to 1400cc road going
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locoboy
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 09:39 PM |
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If you are interested in a clio I can enquire with our neighbour at work who has a couple of clio cup race cars and has a couple of w reg or there
about clio 172's or what ever they were of that age.
One of them is a cat D with logbook and needs naff all to repair it, no real bother to you if your climbing it anyway.
It's no hardship for me to ask if you like.
ATB
Locoboy
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theduck
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 09:43 PM |
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A Clio Cup car would be well outside budget if it's in serviceable condition, the gearbox alone would blow the budget!!
A 172 Cup is a different matter though, and would be a good choice.
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Dopdog
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 09:45 PM |
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is your car lhd or just the picture is backwards
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beaver34
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 09:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dopdog
is your car lhd or just the picture is backwards
It's both 
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beaver34
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 09:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by locoboy
If you are interested in a clio I can enquire with our neighbour at work who has a couple of clio cup race cars and has a couple of w reg or there
about clio 172's or what ever they were of that age.
One of them is a cat D with logbook and needs naff all to repair it, no real bother to you if your climbing it anyway.
It's no hardship for me to ask if you like.
If you could might be worth a shot
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lsdweb
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 09:26 AM |
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beaver34
Have a good look at the class structure! Whilst you're starting out, you will be disappointed if your car is uncompetitive! As an example, if
you intend on running a car in a standard production car class, quite a few championships don't split this into classes for different engine
sizes. So a 106 rallye would be up against 2 litre Clios......
I ran a standard Clio Sport in a couple of events last season - bought off ebay on the Thursday night (£1600), sprinted on Saturday (class win),
hillclimbed on Sunday (class win). I did spend a bit on it after (the brakes were sha**ed for example) but didn't compete because of ill
health.
So, if it fits in a class nicely, I'd say the Clio is a really good option.
Regards
Wyn
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beaver34
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 09:50 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by lsdweb
beaver34
Have a good look at the class structure! Whilst you're starting out, you will be disappointed if your car is uncompetitive! As an example, if
you intend on running a car in a standard production car class, quite a few championships don't split this into classes for different engine
sizes. So a 106 rallye would be up against 2 litre Clios......
I ran a standard Clio Sport in a couple of events last season - bought off ebay on the Thursday night (£1600), sprinted on Saturday (class win),
hillclimbed on Sunday (class win). I did spend a bit on it after (the brakes were sha**ed for example) but didn't compete because of ill
health.
So, if it fits in a class nicely, I'd say the Clio is a really good option.
Regards
Wyn
thanks for you help,
i have looked and a s1 rallye is a1.3 with 100bhp so should do well in the up to 1400 cc class i think, woud like to use the kit in years to come but
want to get used to it with slower cheaper car
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locoboy
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 04:34 PM |
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I saw him today,
It's a 52 reg cat D and he has all the bits to complete it, minor damage, IIRC its door and maybe wing damage and he is looking for £1500.00 for
it.
If you are interested I can get pictures of it. It is up on the ramp in his workshop at the moment so I don't really want to go badgering him to
get it down for me to photograph if your not no interested. - no obligation to buy based on a photograph you understand though.
Cheers
Colin
ATB
Locoboy
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beaver34
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 04:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by locoboy
I saw him today,
It's a 52 reg cat D and he has all the bits to complete it, minor damage, IIRC its door and maybe wing damage and he is looking for £1500.00 for
it.
If you are interested I can get pictures of it. It is up on the ramp in his workshop at the moment so I don't really want to go badgering him to
get it down for me to photograph if your not no interested. - no obligation to buy based on a photograph you understand though.
Cheers
Colin
colin is it a 172 cup or just a normal clio 172? you can pick them up for sub 2k with no damage to be fair from what ive looked at for a normal 172 i
think
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locoboy
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 04:55 PM |
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Sorry I forgot to say its a CUP.
Thanks
ATB
Locoboy
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